Apple's built-in contacts manager software for Mac OS X.
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Add to Existing Contact from Mail.app to Contacts.app
I am looking for an option to add the choice "Add to Existing Contact" from the Apple Mail.app From address field. As you all know, we have "Copy Address, Add to VIPs, New Email, Add to Contacts, and ...
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Deleting contacts from mac contacts application with no Phone number
Is it possible to delete contacts from mac contacts application which have no phone no? Or export only those contacts which have a contact?
Thanks.
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How to show my sent mail in a smart mailbox (& not show EVERY email I sent to everyone else not in that group.)
This is regarding Mail and Contacts in Snow leopard. (ex Eudora user)
I created the group ABC in my Contacts.
I would like to see all the mail members of that groups sent to me (To, CC and BCC), ...
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Can the default contact store for Mountain Lion be iCloud?
I'm struggling to manage duplicate contacts and would like to entirely and permanently disable the "On My Mac" category for contacts.
I never, ever want a contact to be added to a Mac and not be ...
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How can I create a Mac Address Book plug-in that also appears in Spotlight?
I've installed a great little app called PushDialer for my Mac that is letting my initiate iPhone calls to contacts remotely from my Mac.
It seems to work by installing an Address Book plug-in, so ...
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Removing Facebook Contacts
Why is it that the linking of Facebook in Mountain Lion and iOS 6 do not allow the deletion of contacts in Address Book that are created via Facebook?
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How to download iCloud Address book to Mac?
Using OS 10.7.5.
How to get all my contacts from iCloud into my address book on my Mac?
I opened up iCloud control panel, checked Address book. That doesn't do anything.
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How to download contacts from iPhone to Mac?
I was able to do a backup of the phone using iTunes, but how do I see and access the contacts?
Do I need to import them into Address Book?
Is there a better way to download contacts from iPhone to ...
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How to sync iCloud contacts with Google?
I recently started using the Gmail app on my iOS devices because it has better search functionality than the native Mail app. However, that means that when I'm writing emails the app is using my Gmail ...
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Where is Address Book in Mountain Lion?
After I upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, I can no longer find "Address Book" in the application but only "Contact".
The application "Contact" does not allow me to add or remove groupings ...
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Sync google apps (gmail) contacts directory with Mac address book
We use Gmail (Google Apps for business) at my work.
I have set up my Mac (OS X 10.7.5) address book to sync the local address book with my gmail account, however this only syncs "My Contacts" but all ...
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How to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion?
I want to use the photo of a contact in the Address Book/Contacts in another app. What is the easiest way to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion to an image file? Dragging it out to the desktop ...
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Smart mailbox for senders who are not members of a group
I want to set up a smart mailbox in Mail that contains messages from any sender who is not a member of a particular group in my address book.
There's an option in the smart mailbox rules for "sender ...
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Contacts.app command line interface
Is there a CLI front-end to the Contacts.app (formerly Address Book.app) database?
Example:
mycontacts --email '*@google.com' # to get Googlers
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How can I leave Gmail for Mail?
I've decided I want to take the plunge and leave Gmail for Mail, using my iCloud account. Why? I've lost trust in Google (incl. their search bias, how they handle my privacy, and how they treat the ...
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How to export address book to mailchimp or CSV file?
I want to export specific address book groups to mailchimp from a clients Mac computer.
The client have version OS X Lion (10.7) and the Mac she has is faulty and will be scrapped soon. Therefore it ...
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Contacts only showing up as email address in Mail
I've recently transferred over to the Apple Mail client (as well as iCal and Address Book) on my iMac and for some reason there are certain people that email me and only their email address shows up.
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Address smart group based on mailbox? Or Tags?
I have manually created mailboxes in Mail and would like to create a rule that moves all future email from those senders who currently exist in one of those mailboxes to be sent to the same mailbox. ...
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How to remove AddressBook book-like interface or enable debug menu?
I wish to get rid of the Lion 10.7.5 AddressBook book-like interface a.k.a. leather appearance a.k.a. skeuomorphic design.
Usually this kind of setting can be change from the debug menu.
However $ ...
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Want to use multiple email addresses for one contact
I am updating my address book on my MacBook, and filling in all the information on the cards for each contact. My contacts have both work and home email accounts listed under their name. I'd like to ...
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What's the easiest way to get contact info from gmail into Mac's Address Book?
Do you know how mail.app makes it easy to add address info from an email sig into the Mac's Address Book?
Well, I don't use mail.app, but I'd like to find a similar way to do that with gmail.
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Why is my “Synchronize with Google” option grayed out in Mountain Lion Contacts?
I have been syncing Mac OS contacts (Address Book) with Google for a long time. For some reason, though, that option is now grayed out in Contacts preferences.
Why? How do I get it back?
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How can I create a separate address book to sync to a different mobile phone?
I maintain my husband's contacts database up to now on a PC using Outlook. I switched to Mac for my own use (Mountain Lion) and use Apple Contacts for my own Address book.
I would like to create a ...
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Prevent Address Book (Contacts) to quit when closing the window
The Address Book quits when closing the window. Did anybody find a way to prevent this behavior?
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Can Address Book still store local groups or contacts with iCloud enabled?
I want to be able to keep a group of contacts on my Mac only, while keeping the rest of them synched to iCloud (as they currently do).
A bit of background: I'm wanting to do this since I'm dabbling ...
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Script to create iPhone Contacts
Does anyone know of a way to create a Contact list with a defined amount of contacts? They can be dummy entries, but I just need to create an address book with > 2000 entries. An Automator script is ...
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AppleScript to compare contacts in two groups and remove duplicate from one group
I want to create an AppleScript for Apple's Address Book (Contacts) app that will look at two Groups, and if a contact is in one Group, it will remove it from the other Group.
Specifically, I add ...
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Can OS X apps access my contacts even if I don't give them permission?
After I upgraded to Mountain Lion, I noticed that apps have started asking for permission to access my contacts. Very cool.
When Skype initially asked for permission to access my contacts, I decided ...
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Can you make Contacts show the Twitter username (instead of the person's real name) when it autopopulates data from Twitter?
I had Contacts integrate data from my Twitter account. It worked, but when I look at someone's Twitter name in Contacts, it shows their real name, not their Twitter handle.
Above you can see my ...
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Mail.app doesn't detect address in address book
I have a Company name in my Address Book with an e-mail address assigned to it.
The name is Blast Corporation and I want to enter that into the "TO" field in Mail.
Even though Address Book clearly ...
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How can I remove 300 groups from iCloud.com efficiently?
My OS X Address Book started out with about 10 groups, but now iCloud.com has about 300 groups.
The replication arose because of a bug in how iCloud handles a mixture of Address Book Cards with both ...
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Where are Address Book group definitions stored and how can I delete them all?
I know Address Book metadata is stored in Library/Application Support/AddressBook.
I wonder, however, what's up with Address Book "Groups".
They are peculiar items. For example, I quit LaunchBar ...
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Is there a dial from Addres Book and tel:/sip: protocol handler script/application available for 10.7?
We are currently using Mac OS X 10.6 and snomURLHandler to convert tel: uri's to a http GET request. This computer telephony integration let us click on a telephone number in Address Book.app and let ...
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Groups in Address Book Display Inconsistent
Why in Address Book (v 6.1.2) do some groups display and sort individual contacts by last name under a “letter” sub-head and some do not?
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How do I switch first/last name order in the iOS address book?
My contacts are arranged by last name first in my iPad and iPhone and I want to have them first name then last name. Where do I access the address book preferences?
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How do I revert iTunes contact sync?
I first upgraded my operating system (Windows Vista) and then iTunes.
During the upgrade, I accidentally chose contact syncing should prefer my Windows' contacts over my iPhone's contacts. Now I've ...
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How can I remove the Job Title and Company from all Address Book contacts using AppleScript?
I would like to remove the Job Title and Company from every contact in my address book using AppleScript.
Any ideas?
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iPod touch (iOS4) doesn't sync AddressBook after moving to iCloud
I moved from MobileMe to iCloud. So my iPod2gn blocked in iOS4 is not part of the sync anymore. Well, it's a technical and commercial shame, but well, ok, enough said.
I wanted to be able to have my ...
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How to export groups from an iCloud Address Book account using Automator?
I’m using Mac OS X Lion with iCloud. My address book ‘lives’ on iCloud and I’ve gat a number of groups in the address book.
Under Snow Leopard I used Automator to export addresses from a group using ...
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Safari autofill multiple e-mail adresses
My personal vCard has multiple email addresses. When I use the autofill feature from Safari I always get the wrong email address filled into the web form. How can I get Safari autofill to use the ...
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New address book entries on iPhone does not sync to iCloud
I have an iPhone (iOS 5.1). I added a new telephone number to a new address book entry yesterday and today I find that neither the iCloud Web interface nor my address book on my desktop (OS X 10.7.3) ...
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Sync multiple gmail contacts with Lion Address Book?
I understand that Address Book, even on Lion, doesn't support syncing multiple gmail contacts. Is there a third-party app that I can use for this purpose? I'm looking for an app that gives me a ...
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Address Book won't restore contacts from .abbu
My Address Book won't restore contacts from my address book archive (.abbu). I sync my address book with iCloud.
A couple weeks ago, Address Book told me there were some inconsistancies in my ...
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Creating a new iPhone contact from an email in a specific address book
I have two e-mail accounts on my iPhone 4, one of which is my "work" Exchange account, and I therefore have two sets of address books ("From My Mac" and "Work").
From an e-mail, and also from the ...
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How to Add Gmail Contact via iPhone
I have my Gmail account configured via Exchange on my iPhone 4S. When I add a new contact, it only adds it to my phone. I have to add separately to Gmail and then merge duplicates, which seems like ...
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How can I move Contacts from Exchange to the From My Mac groups?
I have discovered that some personal contacts that I'd created (using the iPhone's built-in Contacts app) were created in the Exchange (business) group. How can I move them over to the "From My Mac" ...
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Address Book App adds the letter “n” to my notes
The Address Book app adds the letter "n" to notes of contacts in most of my contacts. In the Notes field I randomly see the letter added in front of names, numbers etc.
I have off course tried to ...
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Can I use a different email/calendar/address book provider for Mac OS X and iOS?
I am afraid that the switch to iCloud will make life very complicated, particularly for Snow Leopard users like myself. I am also afraid that Apple will make life generally more complicated.
So I am ...
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Is there a way to change the order of previous recipients in Apple mail?
John Doe is someone I email often. John Dee is someone I emailed recently and will probably email again, but not nearly as often. I don't want to remove John Dee from my previous recipients, but I ...
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What do the checkboxes that appear when editing the card for “Me” do?
When I edit my address card in OS X (10.7) Address Book, checkboxes appear next to all of the entries. What are these checkboxes for?
